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A loss to the Pistons on Feb. 9 launched a "rededication" for the Nets, coach Steve Nash said after Brooklyn won its fifth straight, a 109-98 win against the Lakers.

The NBA schedule is badly messed up. The league started quickly, is tearing through its season, and no one’s really dealing with the fact that we’re over 35% of the way through it already. There are a lot of priors still being clung to, and the uncertainty has resulted in the sportsbooks continuing to hold onto those priors. There’s no better proof than when you look at the futures market for the Southwest Division.

The Pelicans pairing of Steven Adams and Zion Williamson makes for a bruising on-court experience -- for teammates and opponents.

Answering the Warriors’ biggest questions after the first quarter of the season [Mercury News] Jan. 29—Warriors head coach Steve Kerr entered training camp in November believing he’d need at least 20 games to make any serious conclusions about this roster. Well, if not for a postponed Jan. 15 matchup with the Suns, this would have been the 20-game mark of the season. It’s been an eventful start to the 2020-21 campaign: Stephen Curry has garnered MVP chatter, James Wiseman has made jaws ...

“One of the most underrated players in the league.” Those are two powerful quotes – the first from point guard Jordan Bone and the second from forward Jonathan Isaac – stated recently about Orlando Magic teammate Nikola Vucevic. Others have made similar remarks about the 7-foot, 260-pounder, now in his 10th NBA season and ninth with the Magic. At the time he was acquired by Orlando back in 2012 as part of the four-team blockbuster trade that sent Dwight Howard to the Lakers, Andrew Bynu...

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Milwaukee square off with LeBron James and L.A. on Thursday. Each week during the season, NBA.com writer John Schuhmann surveys the league to compile stats and notes for his in-depth Power Rankings. Before the next rankings drop on Monday, here are some of the storylines he’s keeping an eye on this weekend. 1. Bucks on the Boards When the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday (7:30 ET, TNT), it will be a matchup between the league’s No. 1 offense...

Dejounte, Lonnie, and Keldon on the court together equals success.

How much different should the best version of Luka look compared to Harden?

Trade Grades start to roll in, and they are decidedly mixed Share this story Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Any trade nowadays gets graded, from swaps of second rounders on up. And of course, the Nets acquisition of James Harden, part of a four-team deal, is going to get a lot of attention. So here are the grades ... so far. They range from A+ to D. It’s impossible not to look at this trade in the context of Kyrie Irving’s absence from the Nets for personal reasons for the past week. ...

This is not the bubble.